Pathogenic fungi have developed many strategies to evade the host immune system.Multiple escape mechanisms appear to function together to inhibit attack by the various Armoire stages of both the adaptive and the innate immune response.Thus, after entering the host, such pathogens fight to overcome the immune system to allow their survival, coloniza
Background: Patient satisfaction surveys as a metric for quality-based financial incentives carry a risk of bias toward women and underrepresented physicians.Previous assessments in our department of medicine found that most women faculty were rated in the bottom quartile of patient satisfaction scores, whereas analysis of scores for underrepresent
In recent years, the US government has pursued a policy of targeted killings of those suspected of committing terrorist acts.This policy is often referred to as a legitimate and necessary response to terrorism and asymmetric wars.In this article, we seek to examine the conformity of targeted killings with the findings of international law by examin
Within the context of globalization, social workers need to ensure that international-level professional knowledge and practice do not lead to the oppression of the local people that the profession seeks to serve.One of the challenges for social workers is how to negotiate the sometimes-competing definitions and demands of local and cultural norms